<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>

<em>v.what</em> outputs the category number value(s) associated with 
user-specified location(s) in user-specified vector map layer(s).  
This module was derived from the <em>d.what.vect</em> module by 
removing all interactive code and modification of the output for 
easy parsing. Using the <em>-g</em> flag generates script-style 
output which is easily parsable.

<h2>EXAMPLE</h2>

North Carolina sample dataset example:
<p>
Query polygon at given position:
<div class="code"><pre>
v.what zipcodes_wake coordinates=637502.25,221744.25
</pre></div>

<p>
Find closest hospital to given position within given distance (search radius):
<div class="code"><pre>
v.what hospitals coordinates=542690.4,204802.7 distance=2000000
</pre></div>


<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>

<em>
<a href="d.what.rast.html">d.what.rast</a>,
<a href="d.what.vect.html">d.what.vect</a>,
<a href="v.rast.stats.html">v.rast.stats</a>,
<a href="v.vect.stats.html">v.vect.stats</a>,
<a href="v.what.rast.html">v.what.rast</a>,
<a href="v.what.rast3.html">v.what.rast3</a>,
<a href="v.what.vect.html">v.what.vect</a>
</em>


<h2>AUTHOR</h2>

Trevor Wiens<br>
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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